You’ve been staring out the window all winter, dreaming about this moment. Spring is just around the corner, but before you jump into planting, there are a few critical steps you need to complete to ...

The difference between a mediocre planting season and an exceptional one often comes down to what happens weeks before the first seed hits the ground. As fields dry out and ...

Getting your garden ready for fall and winter is key to ensuring healthy soil and a strong start next spring. To prepare your garden, you should clean up dead plants, add compost or organic matter, ...

Here are some ideas for preparing your raised beds for winter. Take apart containers, put watering cans and décor items away, and drain your hose, pulling weeds and spent plants, applying winter mulch ...

By the time spring finally loosens winter’s grip in northern Michigan, everyone wants to be outside making progress. For landowners planning to plant trees and shrubs, though, the biggest factor ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with silty to sandy soils. Because soil texture influences how water, nutrients and ...

February may seem like it's early to think about preparing your garden for planting but time goes by fast. Some crops, like potatoes, should be planted by mid-April. Most will wait. Some tasks occur ...

What is 'no-till' gardening? Is it better for my garden than traditional digging and tilling every year or not? What are the advantages of this method and how can I start using it? This method of ...

Raised garden beds are an easy way to grow vegetables. Dump good soil in a frame on the ground and plant. But gardening educator Melissa Mundt says if you want a successful summer garden in Tucson, ...

TAHLEQUAH – The change in season has local farmers planting fall crops, and their winter soil preparation methods are based on personal experience — plus how much work they want to do. Farmers at the ...

As the leaves fall and temperatures drop, you may wonder how to winterize raised garden beds that you have used to grow ...